2018 Sydney Swans season

Sydney Swans
2018 season
President	Andrew Pridham
Coach	John Longmire ; (8th season)
Captain(s)	Josh Kennedy ; (2nd season)
Home ground	SCG ; (capacity: 48,000)
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The 2018 AFL season is the 122nd season in the Australian Football League contested by the Sydney Swans.

Squad for 2018

Statistics are correct as of end of 2016 season. Flags represent the state of origin, i.e. the state in which the player played his under 18 football.

Senior list^[1]
No.	State	Player	Hgt (cm)	Wgt (kg)	Date of birth	Age (end 2018)	AFL debut	Recruited from	Games (end 2017)	Goals (end 2017)
1		James Rose	186	79	16 April 1996	22	2015	Sturt	8	5
3		Jarrad McVeigh	184	84	7 April 1985	33	2004	NSW/ACT (U18)	300	199
4		Dan Hannebery	181	79	24 February 1991	27	2009	Oakleigh (U18)	193	94
5		Isaac Heeney	186	85	5 May 1996	22	2015	Cardiff, Sydney Swans Academy	58	60
6		Jordan Foote	184	81	2 January 1996	22	2016	UNSW-Eastern Suburbs, Sydney Swans Academy	6	1
7		Harry Cunningham	182	77	6 December 1993	25	2012	NSW/ACT (U18)	81	41
9		Will Hayward	186	80	26 October 1998	20	2017	North Adelaide	17	22
10		Zak Jones	181	78	15 March 1995	23	2014	Dandenong (U18)	54	14
11		Tom Papley	177	77	13 July 1996	22	2016	Gippsland (U18)	40	59
12		Josh Kennedy (c)	190	95	20 June 1988	29	2008	Sandringham (U18), Hawthorn	204	131
13		Oliver Florent	183	80	22 July 1998	20	2017	Sandringham (U18)	9	4
14		Callum Mills	188	82	2 April 1997	21	2016	North Shore, Sydney Swans Academy	46	2
15		Kieren Jack	178	81	28 June 1987	31	2007	NSW/ACT (U18)	229	154
16		Gary Rohan	189	92	7 June 1991	27	2010	Geelong (U18)	95	89
17		Darcy Cameron	204	100	18 July 1995	23		Claremont
18		Callum Sinclair	200	96	23 September 1989	29	2013	Subiaco, West Coast	64	42
19		Matthew Ling	183	76	21 April 1999	19		Geelong (U18)
20		Sam Reid	196	99	27 December 1991	27	2010	Murray (U18)	120	124
21		Jack Maibaum	193	94	27 March 1998	20		Eastern (U18)
22		Dean Towers	189	88	4 May 1990	28	2014	North Ballarat	49	26
23		Lance Franklin	199	107	30 January 1987	31	2005	Perth, Hawthorn	271	860
24		Dane Rampe	189	86	2 June 1990	28	2013	UNSW-Eastern	115	6
26		Luke Parker	183	88	25 October 1992	26	2011	Dandenong (U18)	151	117
27		Daniel Robinson	184	88	3 July 1994	24	2015	Mosman Football Club	16	5
28		Nic Newman	186	84	15 January 1993	25	2017	Frankston	20	7
29		George Hewett	188	83	29 December 1995	23	2016	North Adelaide	48	27
30		Tom McCartin	192	82	30 December 1999	19		Geelong (U18)
31		Harrison Marsh	189	85	13 January 1994	24	2016	East Fremantle	16	0
33		Ryley Stoddart	184	73	15 October 1999	19		Eastern (U18)
34		Jordan Dawson	190	88	9 April 1997	21	2017	Sturt	1	0
35		Sam Naismith	205	109	16 July 1992	26	2014	North Shore	28	3
36		Aliir Aliir	194	94	5 September 1994	24	2016	East Fremantle	16	0
39		Heath Grundy	192	105	2 June 1986	32	2006	Norwood	237	23
40		Nick Smith	183	83	12 June 1988	30	2008	Oakleigh (U18)	191	10
44		Jake Lloyd	180	79	20 September 1993	25	2014	North Ballarat (U18)	92	23
Rookie list^[2]
No.	State	Player	Hgt	Wgt	Date of birth	Age	Debut	Recruited from	Games	Goals
2		Alex Johnson	194	92	2 March 1992	26	2011	Oakleigh (U18)	45	1
25		Ben Ronke	182	77	18 December 1997	21		Calder (U18)
32		James Bell	183	79	10 February 1999	19		UNSW-Eastern
38		Colin O'Riordan	185	83	12 October 1995	23		Tipperary GAA
41		Jake Brown	185	77	19 March 1998	20		St George AFC
42		Robbie Fox	185	85	16 April 1993	25	2017	Coburg VFL	3	1
43		Lewis Melican	195	100	4 November 1996	22	2017	Geelong U18	17	1
45		Angus Styles	185	71	3 May 1999	19		Sandringham U18
46		Joel Amartey	196	88	2 September 1999	19		Sandringham U18
47		Toby Pink	194	92	11 August 1998	20		Glenelg
Senior coaching panel^[3]
	State	Coach	Coaching position				Sydney coaching debut	Former clubs as coach
		John Longmire	Senior coach				2002
		Brett Kirk	Assistant coach (midfield)				2016	Fremantle (a)
		Dean Cox	Assistant coach (midfield)				2018	West Coast (a)
		Rhyce Shaw	Assistant coach (backs)				2016
		Steve Johnson	Assistant coach (forwards)				2018
		John Blakey	Head of Development				2006	Brisbane Lions (a)
		Tadhg Kennelly	Development Coach				2018
		Jeremy Laidler	Development Coach				2018

For players: (c) denotes captain, (vc) denotes vice-captain, (lg) denotes leadership group.
For coaches: (s) denotes senior coach, (cs) denotes caretaker senior coach, (a) denotes assistant coach, (d) denotes development coach.

Playing list changes

The following summarises all player changes between the conclusion of the 2015 season and the beginning of the 2016 season.

In

Player	Previous club	League	via
Matthew Ling	Geelong Falcons	TAC Cup	Pick 14, 2017 National Draft
Tom McCartin	Geelong Falcons	TAC Cup	Pick 33, 2017 National Draft
Ryley Stoddart	Eastern Ranges	TAC Cup	Pick 53, 2017 National Draft
Angus Styles	Sandringham Dragons	TAC Cup	Pick 14, 2018 Rookie Draft
Joel Amartey	Sandringham Dragons	TAC Cup	Pick 28, 2018 Rookie Draft
James Bell	UNSW-Eastern	NEAFL	Category-B Rookie (NSW Zone)
Jake Brown	St George	Sydney AFL	Category-B Rookie (NSW Zone)

Out

Player	New club	League	via
Kurt Tippett			Retired^[4]
Jeremy Laidler			Retired
Shaun Edwards			Retired
Sam Murray	Collingwood	AFL	Traded
Brandon Jack			Delisted
Sam Fisher			Delisted
Tyrone Leonardis			Delisted
Michael Talia			Delisted

References

^ "Senior Players - sydneyswans.com.au". 10 February 2018. Archived from the original on 10 February 2018. Retrieved 21 April 2021.
^ "Rookie Players - SYDNEYSWANS.com.au". www.sydneyswans.com.au. Archived from the original on 16 December 2012.
^ "2016 coaching structure update".
^ "Kurt Tippett announces retirement". AFL. 22 January 2018. Retrieved 12 February 2018.

[1] "Senior Players - sydneyswans.com.au". 10 February 2018. Archived from the original on 10 February 2018. Retrieved 21 April 2021.

[2] "Rookie Players - SYDNEYSWANS.com.au". www.sydneyswans.com.au. Archived from the original on 16 December 2012.

[3] "2016 coaching structure update".

[4] "Kurt Tippett announces retirement". AFL. 22 January 2018. Retrieved 12 February 2018.

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